2. Food as an Industry

• Guest Speaker: Danny Meyer

• Highly Acclaimed NY restaurateur

• Author of best-selling book Setting the Table, The

Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business

Restaurants in the U.S alone employ 13.1 million people – one of the largest private sector employers

More than 10% of the global workforce is involved in the hospitality industry

Q1 Visa for International Cultural

Exchanges

A Q1 visa is a temporary work visa for

adults (at least 18 years of age) to

participate in a training, employment

and cultural exchange program. The

program must be administered by a US

employer and must provide practical

training and employment to the

participant while facilitating the sharing

of history, culture and tradition of the

participant's home country.

Assignment 2: Business Plan

• Write a business plan. (min 3 pages)

• Your company should be related to food in any

way

• Restaurant, Catering

• Food Store, Kitchen Equipment Store

• Composting company

• Farm, Vegetable, Fish

• PR agency

• NGO